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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 27, McCall has a dinner job interview with an editor and afterward wants to go somewhere "really" what to feel better?

2. In Chapter 44, McCall boils down his life and that of his friends to one word, which is what?

3. In Chapter 42, McCall works where?

4. Whose high school graduation does McCall note in Chapter 43?

5. In the beginning of Chapter 29, McCall quotes that he never expected going into the system would make him what?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does McCall's relationship with his son, Monroe, compare to McCall's relationship with his biological father as described in Chapter 30?

2. What happens with the divorce from Debbie in Chapter 41?

3. How does Danny's driving curiosity about race affect his relationship with McCall?

4. Why does McCall feel like a slave on an auction block in Chapter 27?

5. What does McCall like about Islam according to Chapter 26?

6. How does McCall's decision to do the right thing and not worry about what people think about him in Part II illustrate McCall's growth and maturity?

7. Why are Debbie's parents happy about the pregnancy, while McCall's parents are not in Chapter 32?

8. What happens when McCall deals with the question of whether to abort his own child and an assignment in Chapter 31?

9. How does McCall deal with his friends' suspicions about his "good fortune" in Part II of the book?

10. Later, in Chapter 34, McCall pressures Debbie to abort their second child but why is McCall glad the abortion did not happen?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does McCall's driving around and never finding his friends serve as an analogy of his life up to this point? Be specific and support with details from McCall's life up to this point.

Essay Topic 2

In Chapters 35 through 39, McCall encounters trendy blacks, advice from Milton Campbell, reaction of fellow journalists in Missouri and Danny his co-worker. How does each of these situations affect McCall's perceptions about race? What challenges him? What changes him? Why?

Essay Topic 3

McCall is being beaten by the Cherry Boys and realizes they have no idea when or if they have gone too far in the beating, causing permanent damage or killing him. How does McCall's thoughts about this beating in Chapter 8 compare with his thoughts in Chapter 1 when they beat the white boy on the bicycle?

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